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On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... being created one average so far this year (17K) than last year (12.5K) and the year after last year (4.2K). The same holds true for the US. It was on full display at the end of last week's trading. GDP grows stronger but disappoints. First quarter US ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... metaphor mixing). The G-19 bought into Japan's argument that the country's latest aggressive reflationary efforts (in the true sense of the word) is directed at ending its decades long deflation (see what I mean?) and not aimed at weakening the yen. ...

All APRA funds to offer SMSF-style choice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... funds are looking at adding this menu option and I expect them all to have it in five years." If Sherry's prediction comes true it raises questions about the future of the $500 billion SMSF industry. Frontier Advisors managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Gearing strategies not just for retirees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... your strategy if and when circumstances change. No investment strategy is entirely set and forget - this is particularly true of gearing," McKay said. McKay highlighted the collapse of the share market during the financial crisis as one period where ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... get in the way of a good story anyways. But let's give it the benefit of the doubt and assume "the US is slowing scare" is true. If this is the case, how could CNN Money's story - about San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank president John Williams' comment ...

Flight to SMSFs reshape super mindset

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... members to have more control over their portfolios. "ChoicePlus is our own version of a direct investment platform; it is a true SMSF-like alternative but we won't deal with direct property or collectibles," he said. "We will deal with 60% of investments ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing index. If you're still deciding which forecast has a better chance of coming true...just follow the money. It begins and ends in Uncle Ben's bottomless pocket.

Challenger gets Lonsec approval on annuities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... history, the Care Annuity, as well as the Liquid Lifetime annuity. "We're pleased with the recognition that our annuities are true-to-label retirement products which do what they say they will do - making them ideal for providing bedrock retirement income," ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... elections - was a good thing. It caused a pause in the markets' too-fast too-high run and it weeded out those who were not true believers, paving the way for a healthier move higher. There'll certainly be more moments such as these... but absent another ...

SMSF adviser escapes jail time with suspended sentence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... $250,000 by recommending that two clients purchase a portion of his shares in Morris Finance Ltd, and misrepresenting the true owner of the shares. He also indicated to one of the clients that the shares were likely to increase in value. ASIC commissioner ...